# Mike Younger

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|          name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|       international = 
|            fullname =	Michael Edward Younger
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Corbridge](/source/Corbridge), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             batting = Left-handed
|             bowling = [Slow left-arm orthodox](/source/Slow_left-arm_orthodox)
|                role = 
|              family =
|               club1 = [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1974–1994
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches1 = 5
|               runs1 = 123
|            bat avg1 = 30.75
|           100s/50s1 = –/1
|          top score1 = 57
|         deliveries1 = 204
|            wickets1 = 2
|           bowl avg1 = 75.50
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = 2/32
|  catches/stumpings1 = –/–
|                date = 30 June
|                year = 2011
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23543.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Michael Edward Younger''' (born 29 November 1951) is a former English [cricket](/source/cricket)er.  Younger was a left-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)) who bowled [slow left-arm orthodox](/source/slow_left-arm_orthodox).  He was born in [Corbridge](/source/Corbridge), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland).

Younger made his debut for [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1974 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Durham](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club).  Younger played [Minor counties](/source/Minor_counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) cricket for Northumberland from 1974 to 1994, which included 156 Minor Counties Championship matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> and 20 [MCCA Knockout Trophy](/source/MCCA_Knockout_Trophy) matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> He made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for Northumberland against [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1984 NatWest Trophy](/source/1984_NatWest_Trophy).  He made 4 further List A matches for the county, the last coming against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1994 NatWest Trophy](/source/1994_NatWest_Trophy).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> In his 5 List A matches, he scored 123 runs at a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 30.75.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> He made his only [half century](/source/half_century) when he scored 57 against Middlesex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/44/44932.html|title=Northumberland v Middlesex, 1984 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 75.50, with best figures of 2/32.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Mike Younger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23543.html Mike Younger] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17830/17830.html Mike Younger] at CricketArchive

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Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Corbridge
Category:Cricketers from Northumberland
Category:English cricketers
Category:Northumberland cricketers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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